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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 - 11:00 am
Tonight, at a regularly scheduled monthly town board meeting, the Shandaken Town Board will vote on a resolution opposing New York State's recently enacted gun control legislation.
If adopted, the resolution will have no legal force. Such resolutions --... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 - 10:10 am
This morning, a joint legislative budget hearing was packed to the gills as Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens testified to legislators about hydraulic fracturing.
Martens began speaking at 9:30am. The Democrat and Chronicle... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 - 9:27 am
Above: Ice on the mill pond at the Hanford Mills Museum -- thick enough to be scored for harvesting yesterday. Photo via the Hanford Mills Museum's Facebook page.
Despite this week's warm weather, Peg Odell of the Hanford Mills Museum tells us this... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 - 5:10 pm
Astronomer and Woodstock local Bob Berman visited Bennett Intermediate School in Boiceville on January 30, bringing meteorites and a spectroscope to Bennett's after-school science club.
Berman is the author of The Sun's Heartbeat and other astronomy... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 - 1:46 pm
The Daily Mail reports today that Daniel Medici, a 52-year-old Catskill resident who was arrested last weekend and charged with sexually abusing a minor, hung himself in his jail cell on Tuesday while awaiting a preliminary hearing.
Greene County sheriff... Read more
By Jason Dole on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 - 11:55 am
Above: Congressman Chris Gibson listens to Olga and Ivan Orisek of Forestburgh at his Liberty office open house on Wednesday, January 30. Photo by Jason Dole.
Though he's been in office since 2011, Congressman Chris Gibson (R-Kinderhook) is still a fresh... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 - 4:16 pm
On Thursday at 6:30pm, Ulster County executive Mike Hein delivered his annual "State of the County" address at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge. The event was originally scheduled for Monday, January 28, but was rescheduled due to weather.
Below: The text of... Read more
By Jason Dole on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 - 11:05 am
Above: Helen Budrock, Community Planner for Sullivan Renaissance, addresses the community members gathered in Livingston Manor's Presbyterian Church hall for last week's Visioning Workshop. Nearly 80 people attended. Photo by Jason Dole.
Last Thursday... Read more
By Andrea Girolamo on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 - 4:13 pm
Above: An ice check at the mill pond, conducted earlier this month.
Right now, at 4 pm, it is 51 degrees in New Kingston. Never fear, fans of actual winter, the temperatures will be dropping back down to the 20s on Friday, just in time for this Saturday's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 - 12:54 pm
National Weather Service forecasters are warning Catskills residents that high winds are expected to develop tonight and tomorrow, increasing the risk of downed trees and power outages across the region. The area is already under a flood watch, with heavy... Read more
By Anne Pyburn Craig on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 - 5:02 pm
Above: Bitteto (left) and Gaebel representing Natural Contents at a holiday bazaar at Villa Roma. Photo from Natural Contents' Facebook page.
When Danielle Gaebel and Jennifer Bitetto first took the leap into eating healthy in the wake of a painful gall... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 - 5:00 pm
A 22-year-old homeless man was arrested last week in Ulster County and charged with having sexual contact with a 5-year-old girl, according to a New York State Police press release.
Mario Allen was charged with one count of sexual abuse in the first... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 - 4:49 pm
A 52-year-old Catskill man was arrested by New York State Police on Sunday and charged with the sexual abuse of a minor.
Daniel Medici, of 78 Toolhouse Road in Catskill, was charged with two counts of criminal sexual act in the first degree, sexual abuse... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 - 3:54 pm
Heavy rain and warmer temperatures are pushing into the southern Catskills, melting snow on the ground and bringing an increased risk of flash flooding.
An alert issued Tuesday afternoon by the National Weather Service in Binghamton urges Delaware,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 - 3:33 pm
A Grand Gorge man, 34-year-old Joshua T. Mudge, was arrested and charged with assault on Monday, according to a news release from the New York State Police.
Lieutenant Jeff Van Auken told the Watershed Post that state troopers showed up at a Grand Gorge... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 - 1:02 pm
Dr. Barry and the Jazz Cats get into the groove on a recent Sunday at the Dancing Cat Saloon, a Bethel music venue that doubles as an up-and-coming distillery. Photo taken by John of Catskills Photography, and shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 - 7:21 pm
Two men were arrested and charged with burglarizing a home in the Schoharie County town of Summit on Friday: 18-year-old Devyn Clum of Bloomville, and 36-year-old Wayne Swart of Hobart.
State police said that troopers responding to the burglary in... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 - 5:28 pm
Acting on a tip from Greene County 911, New York State Police arrested two men yesterday when a search of their car turned up 12 snowboards that had been stolen from Windham Mountain.
Arrested were 21-year-old Anthony Costa of Lagrangeville, the driver... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 - 5:13 pm
A three-month investigation into heroin sales in the Southside area of Binghamton yielded five arrests last week, after search warrants executed in the city turned up over 600 packets of heroin, over $20,000 in cash, and other drugs.
Arrested were 33-year... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 - 10:30 am
A snowstorm that threatens to change over to ice and sleet later in the day is prompting school closings and other cancellations across the Catskills region.
Ulster County executive Mike Hein's office announced this morning that the State of the County... Read more
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